[TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Home.
- From: Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:35:56 -0500
That's what I mean, if you can't set it up to scan what you want to scan
it's not a good program to use. Even Trend Micro housecalls allows you
to pick and choose.
The Old Master Technician
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Jim Myers *
Telrad Electronics *
Fort Wayne Indiana *
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Hoyt's TV wrote:
> 80 gig partitioned as C&D and an external 160 gig that I use for storage of
> old drive copies from long gone computers and for home movies from
> video-cam.
>
> I'm trying to find a way to tell it not to scan that drive but I haven't
> figured out how yet. I think I was able to do that with McAfee on my
> previous computer, to shorten the scan time. I don't see any sense in
> scanning stuff that hasn't been changed in years.
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:41 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Home.
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>
>>20 hours for Norton to run AV scan, wow! BIG HD with a zillion files? Or
>>is Norton really that bad?
>>
>>The Old Master Technician
>>********************************
>>Since 1972 *
>>Jim Myers *
>>Telrad Electronics *
>>Fort Wayne Indiana *
>>********************************
>>
>>
>>Hoyt's TV wrote:
>>
>>>Ed, have you run AdAware and SpyBot?
>>>I run them every week. Seems to keep that problem to a minimum.
>>>
>>>Sorry it took me so long to answer this but my Norton is set to begin
>>>it's
>>>AV scan at 11:00pm on Fridays. I let it do a complete scan this time and
>>>it
>>>finished up at about 6:00pm Saturday. So I didn't use the computer all
>>>day
>>>yesterday.
>>>
>>>
>>>Russ Hoyt
>>>Hoyt's TV
>>>Exeter, NH
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:02 PM
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Windows XP Home.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone know how to get rid of "crap" in Windows XP Home, without
>>>>reinstalling the whole works.
>>>>My XP is starting to be "flaky"...if I hit "My Computer" may take 3 to 4
>>>>minutes to show me the screen.
>>>>I have been using Symantec's System Works to fix files that may have
>>>>become
>>>>un-linked.
>>>>
>>>>It there a part of Windows XP that will check your OS...and get rid of
>>>>files
>>>>that slow down your computer.
>>>>
>>>>Miss-linked files, or a general check?
>>>>
>>>>-Ed-
>>>>
>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>>
>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
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